Have a look at the catalog for the upcoming Danish Warmblood Spring Auction

Danish Warmblood will for this 2018 Spring auction show their best collection ever.

In the catalog (link below) you will find all needed informations. Remember to sign up for phone bid.

Both the presentations and the auction will be available via live stream at Clipmyhorse.

Presentation Friday 9 March at 11:30 (Boxen) and Saturday 10 March at 11:30 (Boxen)

Watch the entire collection online here. 

Welcome

Danish Warmblood is pleased to welcome You to the great Spring Auction 2018. KRAFFT Arena Hall M creates the festive setting on Saturday afternoon where this years collection is on auction. With room for 3500 guests, great music and a supreme collection of auction horses Danish Warmbloods Auction Committee has prepared for at fantastic afternoon. With an equal amount of young stallions and riding horses there is a great opportunity to aquire a horse for the future or a competition horse ready to compete from Day 1.

In Danish Warmblood Auction Committee we aspire to be innovative and be up to date regarding requirements and tendencies. On this basis we have this year established Talent Stables in cooperation with some of Denmarks leading educational equestrian centres. This gives us – as preparation for the auction – the opportunity to select talented horses and provide optimal preparation before the auction. This is an exciting project which we are please to offer our sellers and buyers.

Danish Warmblood Auctions are becoming increasingly popular abroad. At every auction new foreign customers contact us and keep eyes on the danish horses. It is an extraordinary marketing opportunity for danish breeders to present the best of Danish Warmblood to the world.

As always the Danish Warmblood Auction Committee is available with information and advice in connection with the auction. The members of the Committee can be found elsewhere in this catalogue together with their contact information.
We hope that You as buyer will participate in creating a good flow during the auction with clear and quick bids. With hope for yet another thrilling auction we wish the best of luck to both sellers and buyers.

Ulrik Kristensen

Chairman, Auction Committee

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Van Olst Sales comes up 30 March (video impressions)

UPDATED - Entry list for s´Hertogenbosch including the last leg of the World Cup

2 days stallion sports performance test comes up from Verden 2nd and 3rd March

Live stream schedule via Clipmyhorse:

Friday afternoon with test under own rider -  4 years old stallions at 16:00 followed by 5 year old stallions at 17:30.

Saturday afternoon with test rider - 4 years old stallion at 13:00 and 5 years old stallion at 15:00.

Exciting field for CDI3 Herning, DEN 9 - 11 March

Exciting field for CDI3 in Herning for both small tour and big tour

From Australia Helgstrand Dressage rider Simone Pearce with Wladimir O.A., Lyndal Oatley with Sandro Boy and Kristy Oatley with Du Soleil lately successful at World Cup at Neumünster. 

Spanish Severo Jurado Lopez with Deep Impact.

From Sweden Anna Blomgren Rogers with Tørveslettens Quattro (Danish Warmblood silver medal mare), and Per Sandgaard with Charmeur - winner of both Grand Prix and Grand Prix Special at Vestfold NOR.

Russian Inessa Merkulova with Mister X.

And of course a very strong Danish field with international come back for Atterupgaards Orthilia with Agnete Kirk Thinggaard.

See the entire entrylist here. 

Judging team:

• Kurt Christensen DEN 4*
• Susanne Baarup Christensen DEN 5*
• Hans-Christian Mathiesen DEN 5*
• Maria Colliander FIN 5* 
• Thomas Kessler GER 3* 
• Mariette Sanders-van Gansewinkel NED 5*

New international tournament for dressage equestrian amateurs

Celine Rørbæk Silfen with Romio Højris at Equitour Aalborg 2017 - photo credit: Mikkel-m.com/H2R

Press release

For many years, there have been amateur tournaments in show jumping and with focus on the joy that these tournaments have led to, Almased Wellness and Helgtrand&Trabjerg have now chosen to join together to create the first amateur tournament for dressage equestrians; Almased Dressage Amateurs.

We have decided to create an equivalent of the great show jumping tournaments for amateurs in order to give dressage equestrians the same opportunity to participate at the big tournaments as well. We are sure that the participants will have an extraordinary experience when they are having the opportunity to participate in the same top professional surroundings as some of the world's best dressage equestrians, says the founder of Equitour Aalborg and former national coach of show jumping, Jens Trabjerg.

We are incredibly proud that Almased Wellness has chosen to support the project. We think, that Almased Dressage Amateurs is a great initiative to help dressage equestrians on their way to an international career. The tournament can help to clarify the rider's level before seriously relying on an international career in the dressage sport. At the same time, we think that the locations for the tournament mean that more people from the north can test their current level without having to invest a lot of money in transport. International dressage competitions have so far been for a limited group of people, but we want to change that, adds Jens Trabjerg.

Almased Wellness is a German company that has developed products for the health of humans - products that has achieved great success throughout the world.

It has always been part of our company policy to support sports both locally and internationally. We have developed health products that many athletes use, so when the chance offered to support the first dressage tournament for amateurs, there was no doubt that this project was within our area of interest and thus a natural way to support our business, says Anette Witthöft from Almased Wellness.

About Almased Dressage Amateurs

Almased Dressage Amateurs is a new international dressage tournament for amateurs organised by Helgstrand&Trabjerg and presented by Almased Wellness. In 2018, the tournament will take place at four shows; Deutsches Spring- und Dressur-Derby (9-13 May), Pfingstturnier Wiesbaden (18-21 May), Equitour Aalborg (23-27 May) and World Cup Herning (17-21 October).

Allowed to participate in the tournament are dressage equestrians at the age of 26 or older who are not on FEI's world ranking list. The tournament is limited to 24 equestrians for each show, and each rider must bring up to 3 horses.

The tournament is divided by level into the following categories: 

• Bronze tour: Prix St. Georges and Intermediate I  
• Silver tour: Intermediate I and Intermediate II
• Gold tour: Intermediate II and Grand Prix

Vidste du at norske JJ Horses bl.a. er Norges største avlsstation? Did you know that Norwegian JJ Horses among other is Norway´s biggest breeding station? (UK VERSION BELOW)

Ole Jørgen Jørgentved og Ole-Marius Johnson - photo credit: Ridehesten/Thomas Bach Jensen. 

JJ Horses kommer man ofte forbi hvis man følger med på bl.a. Facebook, men bestemt også når man ser resultatlister fra både stævner og kåringspladser. 

Men hvor godt kender vi egentlig JJ Horses som drives fra Jørgentvedt Gård i det smukke norske Mysen, som er beliggende ca. 1,5 times kørsel fra Gardermoen lufthavnen i Oslo. 

H2R har fanget Ole Jørgen til lidt fakta om "butikken", og ikke mindst de flotte resultater over årene. 

Ole Jørgen fortæller: 

"Virksomheden JJ Horses er opdræt af dressurheste (primært), og samtidig er det Norges største avlsstation.

JJ Horses er drevet og oparbejdet systematisk over 20 år. JJ Horses ejes og drives af Ole-Marius Johnson og jeg selv Ole Jørgen Jørgentvedt. Jeg er praktiserende hestedyrlæge."

Egen avl - fundamentet er tre Midt-West hopper

"Tilbage i 1983 avlede jeg på en svensk importeret hoppe. Siden har avlen været med Dansk Varmblods hopper, med stort isæt af tysk blod. Fundamentet i vores avl i dag kan tilskrives 3 hopper fra stutteri Midt-West hoppestammen, som vi importerede til Norge og begyndte at avle med fra 1998. Hopperne var efter henholdsvis Donnerhall (født 1993), Davignon (født 1996) og Caprimond (født 1992)  - og alle 3 er gennem deres avlskarriere udnævnt til elitehopper, Donnerhall hoppen og Davignon hoppen i Dansk Varmblod og Caprimond hoppen i Norsk Varmblod. Af de 3 hopper, har vi desværre kun 1 tilbage, nemlig Davignon-hoppen født i 1996. Hun er blandt andet mor til Guldmedaljehoppen JJ Filippa (e. Fúrstenball) og venter i år igen føl efter Fürstenball. Formegentlig bliver det hoppens sidste føl, og med hende lukker vi et kapitel i vores avlshistorik. Men som tidligere nævnt er hele vores avlsmateriale i dag jo med rødder i de oprindelige 3 hopper, gennem 1. 2. og 3 generations hopper som der nu avles på. De 3 hopper og afkom fra dem har givet flere vinderføl, medaljehopper, 2 kårede hingste og en nordisk juniormester i dressur.  (JJ Rocco / Nanna Merrald). 

Det væsentligste fokus hos JJ Horses er salg af heste, og de afkom vi laver bliver oftest solgt som føl eller ungheste. Mange af hestene sælges her i Norge, men vi har kunder fra hele Norden, samt Tyskland, England, USA og Australien.

Udover egen avl har vi også indimellem indkøbt kvalitetsføl og ungheste på auktioner i Danmark og Tyskland. Vi synes vi specielt har vært "heldige" med købene vi har gjort ved DV´s Elite auktioner, et kvalitetsstempel som vi ser det. Vi har totalt købt 5 føl på DV´s eliteføl auktioner, og det har resulteret i 3 kårede hingste, 1 RDH hoppe og hingstemor, og 1 UVM deltager. I 2008 købte vi i kompaniskab med Karen Helene Gjerde, en præmiehingst fra auktionen i Hannover. Den fik navnet JJ RayBan (e. Rascalino), og blev kåret i Norge, Danmark og Sverige det efterfølgende år. I Sverige blev JJ RayBan materialprøvevinder, championatsvinder – og senere solgt til via Jan Brink til Hannell Dressage.

Vi har tidligere i flere år haft uddannelse af heste knyttet til JJ Horses med ansatte beridere og tilridnings tilbud til vores kunder. Den del er vi stoppet med, da vi har vores tid er mere end velbesat med vores egen avl og avlsstation. Vi har et rigtig godt samarbejde med Noagård på Sjælland (Jan Møller Christensen og Sophie Christensen), hvor vi sender vores heste i tilridning og uddannelse. Et samarbejde som vi er meget tilfredse med, og som fungerer super godt!    

I 2018 året venter vi 9 dressur føl på følgende hopper:

• JJ Diez Colibri (e. Don Romantic/Caprimond) / Secret
• JJ Dolce Gabbana (e. Deemster/Riccione) / Secret
• JJ Donna Summer (e. Don Schufro / Sandro Hit) / Franklin
• JJ Jackie O. (e. Jazz / Lauries Crusador xx) / Springbank II
• JJ Saga ( e. Sandro Hit / Donnerhall ) / Springbank II
• JJ Farah Diba (e. Furstenball / Davignon) / Revolution
• Feine Freia V. ( e. De Niro /Feiner Stern) / Revolution
• Heidenberg Roma (e. Romanov / Zuidhorn)  / Valverde
• Midt-West Silke (e. Davignon/ Mago xx) / Fürstenball

Derudover har vi 2 springhopper i kompaniskab med den norske springrytter Dag Ove Kingsrød  (Kingsland and Kingsrød Trading). Her venter vi føl efter Cornet Obolensky og Diarado.

Ialt 11 føl i 2018."

Avlsstation

"Antal mæssigt er vi Norges største avlsstation. Vi inseminerer ca. 400 hopper årligt. 50% rideheste og 50% travere. Ca. halvdelen af hopperne insemineres med frost sæd, og vi står for import af både frisk sæd og frossen sæd fra hele Europa. Vi formidler sæd fra førende avlsstationer i Sverige, Danmark, Tyskland og Holland. I Norge insemineres hoppen ofte hjemme hos hoppeejeren, da der ofte er lange afstande I Norge er der særlige regler for brug af frostsæd som bl.a. siger at inseminering kun kan ske med dyrlæge og på godkendt avlsstation, det betyder at hopperne kommer til os for at blive insemineret, og mange af hopperne bliver hos os indtil de er konstateret drægtige. Vi har kunder fra hele landet, som dem som bor længst væk kører ca 500 km. Ridehesteavlen i Norge er ikke ret stor, der er ca. 250 hopper som ifoles hvert år, og da vi står for ifoling af ca. 200 hopper, så dækker vi ca. 75-80 % af det totale avlsmarked af rideheste i Norge."

"Der er 2 godkendte avlsforbund for rideheste i Norge. Det ene, Dansk Varmblod Norge, som jeg er formand for, hvor vi har et tæt og godt samarbejde med Dansk Varmblods bestyrelse i Danmark. Over en 10 års periode er totalt 300 føl registreret i Dansk Varmblod Norge, og det samme antal hopper kåret."

"Hvert år afholder vi hoppekåring og følchampionat ( FØLFESTIVALEN ) i august. Arrangementet er godt besøgt af publikum og udenlandske gæster. Hvert år udtages der føl til Dansk Varmblods Eliteskue, og vi (JJ Horses) har vundet titlen «årets dressurbetonede hoppeføl»  3 gange (2011,2012,2014)," slutter Ole Jørgen.

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UK VERSION

Ole Jørgen Jørgentved and Ole-Marius Johnson. Photo credit: Ridehesten/Thomas Bach Jensen. 

You will often see the name JJ Horses if you follow Facebook, but also when your watching result lists from both competitions and breeding.

JJ Horses is based at Jørgentvedt Gård at the beautiful Norwegian Mysen, which is approx. 1.5 hours drive from Gardermoen Airport in Oslo.

H2R caught Ole Jørgen for a more facts and informations about the business, and not least the great results over the years.

Ole Jørgen tells:

"The company JJ Horses is breeding of dressage horses (primarily), and at the same time it is Norway´s largest breeding station."

"JJ Horses has been developed systematically over the last 20 years. JJ Horses is owned and run by Ole-Marius Johnson and myself Ole Jørgen Jørgentvedt. I am a vetenarian myself."

Own breeding - the foundation is 3 Midt-West mares (very well know Danish breeding line)

"Back in 1983 I breed with a Swedish imported mare. Since then, our breeding has been with Danish Warmblood mares, with a huge impact from German bloodlines. The foundation in our breeding program today is into just 3 mares from the Danish stutteri Midt-West lines, which we imported into Norway back in 1998. The mares were by Donnerhall (born 1993), Davignon (born 1996) and Caprimond (born 1992) respectively - and all 3 are through their own qualities for breeding recognized as elite mares, Donnerhall mare and Davignon mare in Danish Warmblood and Caprimond mare in Norwegian Warmblood. Of the 3 mares, we only have 1 left, namely the Davignon mare born in 1996. She is among other dam of the Danish Warmblood gold medal mare JJ Filippa (by Fürstenball) and she is expecting a foal for this season by Fürstenball. This foal will probably be her last foal, and with her we will close a chapter in our breeding history. Of course our entire breeding program today is with roots in these 3 mare, now through 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation mares, which are part of our breeding program. The 3 mares and offsprings from them has been successful in many ways as medal mares, 2 licensed stallions and a Nordic junior Champion in dressage. (JJ Rocco / Nanna Merrald)."

"The main focus at JJ Horses is sale of horses, and the offsprings we are producing are usually sold as foals or youngsters. Many of the horses are sold to clients here in Norway, but we also have customers from all over the Nordic countries, as well as Germany, England, the United States and Australia."

"In addition, we have also purchased quality foals and youngsters at auctions in Denmark and Germany. We think we have been "lucky" with the purchases we´ve made at Danish Warmblood Elite auctions, as the quality offered is very high. We have bought 5 foals at Danish Warmblood elite auctions, and it has resulted in 3 licensed stallions, 1 mare for the main stud books with rideability test and dam of a licensed stallion, and 1 participant for World Championship for Young Horses. In 2008 we bought a premium stallion at the Hanoverian auction together with Karen Helene Gjerde. He was named JJ RayBan (by Rascalino), and was licensed in Norway, Denmark and Sweden the following year. JJ RayBan became performance test winner, young horse championship winner - and later sold to via Jan Brink to Hannell Dressage in Sweden."

"For a number of years, we have offered our clients professional traning at JJ Horses. This part we have stopped as our own breeding program has increased, and we have a lot of mares for our breeding station. Instead we now have a very good collaboration with Noagård at Zealand, Denmark (Jan Møller Christensen and Sophie Christensen), where we sent our horses in training and education. A cooperation we are very pleased with, and that works super well!"

In 2018 we are expecting 9 dressage foals:

• JJ Diez Colibri (by Don Romantic/Caprimond) / Secret
• JJ Dolce Gabbana (by Deemster/Riccione) / Secret
• JJ Donna Summer (by Don Schufro / Sandro Hit) / Franklin
• JJ Jackie O. (by Jazz / Lauries Crusador xx) / Springbank II
• JJ Saga ( by Sandro Hit / Donnerhall ) / Springbank II
• JJ Farah Diba (by Furstenball / Davignon) / Revolution
• Feine Freia V. ( by De Niro /Feiner Stern) / Revolution
• Heidenberg Roma (by Romanov / Zuidhorn)  / Valverde
• Midt-West Silke (by Davignon/ Mago xx) / Fürstenball

"In addition, we have 2 jumping mare in partnership with the Norwegian rider Dag Ove Kingsrød (Kingsland and Kingsrød Trading). Her we expect a Cornet Obolensky and a Diarado foal this year."

"A total of 11 foal for our 2018 season."

Breeding Station

"In numbers, we are Norway's largest breeding station. We inseminate about 400 mares a year, 50% riding horses and 50% trotters. About half of the mare are inseminated with frost semen, and we import both fresh semen and frozen semen from all over Europe We import semen from leading breeding stations in Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. In Norway, the mare is often inseminated at home by the owner, as there are long distances. In addition, there are special rules here in Norway, that say that insemination can only be done with a veterinarian and at an approved breeding station, which means that the mares for frozen semen has to come to us to be inseminated, and many of the mares stay with us until they are pregnant. We have customers from all over the country, like those who live the furthest away is about 500 kilometers. The breeding with riding horses in Norway is not very big, there are about 250 mares every year, and for this part we cover about 75-80% of the total breeding market of riding horses in Norway."

"There are 2 approved breeders' associations for riding horses in Norway. The one is Danish Warmblood Norway, in which I`m chairman of, is where we have close and good cooperation with the board of Danish Warmblood in Denmark. Over a period of 10 years a total of 300 foals have been registered in Danish Warmblood Norway, and the same number of mares has been graded."

"Each year we organize mare grading and foal championship (Føllfestival). This event is well-attended by both the Norwegian breeders and foreign guests, and foals are selected for the Danish Warmblood Eliteshow, and we (JJ Horses) have won the title "fiily of the year" 3 times (2011,2012,2014) " concludes Ole Jørgen.

Remember you can catch up from the stallion shows at the archive at Clipmyhorse

Lately a lot of stallion stations held their stallion presentations from Landgestüt Celle, Sosath, Gestüt Tannenhof, Peterhof, Gut Neuenhof, Ludger Beerbaum, Dressage Grand Ducal, Böckmann and Marbach. 

Overall highlight of all stallions was the presentation of Escolar together with Hubertus Schmidt.

And for the breeders it is really worth a closer look at the archive at Clipmyhorse. It is very easy to find the dressage stallions and have quick look. 

Below you find this years OLD Champion stallion:

FEI Press Release - Denmark’s Dufour destroys the opposition with sensational performance in Gothenburg

“That’s my boy!” Denmark’s Cathrine Dufour brought the crowd to their feet with a brilliant winning performance from her lovely gelding Atterupgaards Cassidy at the eighth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League in Gothenburg (SWE) today. (FEI/Arnd Bronkhorst)

Reigning champion Germany’s Isabell Werth finishes second ahead of league leader, Sweden’s Kittel, in third; just one qualifier left before Final places are confirmed

Denmark’s Cathrine Dufour (26) and Atterupgaard’s Cassidy brought the Swedish crowd to their feet with a spectacular performance to win the eighth leg of the FEI World Cup™ Dressage 2017/2018 Western European League in Gothenburg (SWE) today. Yesterday the pair that claimed individual bronze and team silver at last summer’s Longines FEI European Championships in the same city pinned reigning series champion Germany’s Isabell Werth (48) and Swedish star Patrik Kittel (41) into second and third in the Grand Prix, and this afternoon they did it again. But this time their winning margin was even more emphatic as the dynamic Danish duo earned a whopping score of 88.200. 

That was put into perspective when multi-medallied Werth (Emilio) said “there is no shame in finishing second on 85 percent!”, while Kittel (Delaunay OLD) was ecstatic about his mark of 83.615 that put him in third - “an all-time personal best for me!” he said. Dufour could hardly believe what she had achieved.

"I was nervous because this was the first time for us to do this Freestyle floor-plan. Cassidy can be spooky because he’s a very sensitive horse, but today he was so calm. He was with me every moment of the way and I’ll never forget that standing ovation!"

Cathrine Dufour DEN (1st)

The Swedish spectators held their breath as the Danish partnership performed in  complete harmony before exploding with excitement when the horse and rider drew to a halt. Dufour said that Denmark’s Princess Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein has helped her really raise her game over the last few months. “Rune Willum was my trainer for 15 years and he was like my second father, but in December I started working with Nathalie, and now she is my rock!”, she explained after posting her second personal-best score of the weekend. 

Today’s result has moved her up to 12th place on the Western European League leaderboard from which the top nine will qualify for the Final in Paris (FRA) in April. Dufour is hoping to make the cut even though she doesn’t intend to compete at the last qualifier in ’s-Hertogenbosch (NED) in two weeks time, but Werth will definitely be at the Dutch fixture with Emilio whose confidence and character continues to grow. “Give us one more year to make his canter as good as the piaffe/passage and you will see what more we can do!” said the happy German rider who intends to defend her title at the French finale with her top ride, the Olympic and European gold-medal-winning mare Weihegold. 

She’ll be the toughest nut to crack, but today Dufour showed that the winds of change are blowing once again through the top ranks of international Dressage and that she and her fabulous chestnut gelding are a major force to be reckoned with.

Watch highlights here 

Result:

1. Atterupgaards Cassidy (Cathrine Dufour) DEN 88.200

2. Emilio (Isabell Werth) GER 85.380

3. Delaunay OLD (Patrik Kittel) SWE 83.615

FULL RESULTS

Dufour shows an outstanding performance winning World Cup leg today at Gothenburg

Cathrine, Cassidy and coach Nathalie at yesterday´s World Cup Grand Prix pricegivning at Gothenburg - photo credit: Kim Lundin

New freestyle  

It was just lovely to sit back and enjoy today´s debut of the new freestyle for Danish Cathrine Dufour and Atterupgaards Cassidy.

Very nice choice of music, more light and modern for the young Danish top combination and combined with a lot of transitions in the music where Dufour really showed her strength being a top rider making it all happen without any issues. 

H2R comments during the test:

Wauw nice music, starts with passage, into piaffe to passage, into extended trot, lovely transitions in the music, piaffe pirouette out into extended trot, superb walk tour, change of music for canter suits perfectly, power extended canter into double high quality pirouette, super 1 times. Transitions spot on, open halt, tiny ahead of the music for final halt.

New personal coach

H2R caught the Danish national coach Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein after this outstanding World Cup victory for her comments about Dufour and Cassidy. 

"I think I know Cathrine quite well now, last year from standing at the sideline as a team coach watching her training with Rune Willum, and this year where I´ve been "in charge".

"It is a pleasure to work with Cathrine, she is so quick and at the same time is able to use my advices, and said that, 15 years of top schooling by Rune Willum with thorough training just makes her able to recieve an advice and follow it. And it is not about changing things, it´s just about adjusting things to try to get a bit more, and this part went into a higher level here at Gothenburg, scoring personal best for both Grand Prix and Grand Prix freestyle."

"I haven´t heard the music for the freestyle before today, as we´ve just been practising the movements, and some of the details, and at the same time Helle Krasnik, our chef d´equipe which is also a trained dressage judge, has been giving advices where to optimize the exercises," tell Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. 

After this victory Cathrine is now ranked as no 12 at the World Cup ranking, and therefore not secured at spot for the World Cup final, but will now instead apply for Wildcard for the final, tells Nathalie. 

Cathrine Dufour did it today together with Atterupgaards Cassidy (video of the entire class)

Atterupgaards Cassidy and Cathrine Dufour from another winning moment at 2017 Danish national championships - photo credit: Mikkel-m.com/H2R

Winner of World Cup Grand Prix with the magical +80% 

Danish power from entering halt to final halt = today´s victory + now member of the very attractive international +80% Grand Prix club, and being able to keep Dressage Queen no 1 Isabell Werth with Emilio behind today, eventhough the German judge at C, Mr. Peter Holler saw his fellow countryman 6% better than Danish Dufour - Dufour was just unbeatable today. 

H2R comments during the test:

Atterupgaards Cassidy DEN - Super power diagonal, supple balanced half passes, bit small step backwards for rein back, super extended trot into nice transition to passage, small disturb into 1st piaffe, nice active piaffe, good transition out with expressive passage, superb walk tour, nice into passage at M, smooth transitions both in and out 2nd piaffe, nice piaffe and passage, good transition to canter, huge ground covering 2 times, supple well balanced zig-zag, superb 1 times, top control for pirouettes, power diagonal, shining final centerline.

2nd Emilio GER - sharp power diagonal, superb balance, nice half passes, bit open halt for rein back, super extension into passage, smooth in and out with top piaffe and passage, good walk, ditto 2nd piaffe/passage, nice 2 times, full risk extended canter, smooth zig-zag, error final change at one times, super sit /control for pirouettes, super final centerline.

3rd Delaunay OLD SWE - Nice balanced diagonal, smooth half passes, bit tense rein back, small tensions into 1st passage, nice piaffe with good transitions, good walk, nice transition to passage, small backwards trend 2nd piaffe, nice 2 times, well balanced zig zag, nice 1 times, good pirouettes nice control, superb nice final centerline.

Move the time line to 2:15:00 to watch Dufours test.

Isabell Werth with Emilio at 2:25:00 and Patrik Kittel with Delaynay OLD at 1:12:00.

See the entire results here.

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Danish Warmblood Spring auction collection with international top qualities

23 dressage horses with top pedigree are ready for the Spring auction in Herning

From the video presentations it is a very exclusive collection for this years Spring Auction. 

Danish Warmblood manager Casper Cassøe Krüth says: "We are very proud to be able to present an extraordinary collection of top quality for our buyers this year. Without any doubt our best young horses ever for an auction at Danish Warmblood." 

"It is all about the "products" from our breeders which are very selective and aware about what the riders and/or breeders are searching for. This collection shows both top pedigree but also high qualities for the sport, and of course Danish Warmblood and our auction committee would love to sell the next Fiontini or Sezuan in Herning."

Danish Warmblood Spring Auction March 10th 2018 at 16.00 exhibition hall M.

You will find the entire collection here. 

The auction will be live via Clipmyhorse. 

Please remember to sign up for Telephone bids, Contact: Monica Forrest. Mail: mf@varmblod.dk.

Any queries or questions about the horses and the auction, please fell free to contact Louise Ringsbo.

H2R will be present at the event and will of course also bring your questions to the right persons regarding the horses. 

Danish Warmblood auction committee and the secretariat are working continuously to develop and target the auctions which take place in March, August and September. During the last 10 years this has resulted in very good collections, generally increasing sales percentages, and average prices not to mention two major events attracting new buyers and audiences from both home and abroad.

Carina Cassøe Krüth og May-Day Graftebjerg vinder CDI3 Grand Prix kür i Vestfold

Vinder af dagens Grand Prix kür med 72,885%

Carina og May-Day sørgede for den danske national melodi i arena i Vestfold her til eftermiddag. 

Ekvipagen leverede en teknisk fejlfri tur med både godt udtryk og god balance hele vejen. Dejlig blød travtur, med flotte øgninger og gode traversader. Gode piaffe og passage ture, momentvis lidt spændinger i piaffen. God samlet skridt, mens den frie skridt bliver en smule kort/lang. God galop tur med gode dobbelte pirouetter, både toer serier og etterne er super flot på plads i dag. 

Karin Nissen og Eno kunne desværre ikke medbringe de flotte takter fra Grand Prix turen til dagens kür, da det virkede som om Eno ikke helt var sammen med Karin hele vejen i dag. Store øjne hos Eno gav ærgerligt nok flere mindre fejl i dag. 

Se resultatet af klassen her. 

Two very different stallions - For Emotion and Bonds (videos)

From last weeks 2 days stallion performance test these two stallions were showing something extra. 

For Emotion just brings all the qualities you want for a top horse. Imagine this power, balance, beat and self carriage, and even more impressive how the test rider is able to change form and power without any kind of tensions, and all the way with a soft and supple contact.  

Enjoy the test riding of For Emotion here below. 

And the test with Bonds under his own rider Beatrice Buchwald. 

Gothenburg Horse Show starts today with Swedish Warmblood Trophy

Tonight Swedish Warmblood Trophy for 5 years, 6 years and 7 years old horses takes place at Gothenburg Horse Show. The best horses from Breeders Trophy and SWB Stallion Trophy 2017 has qualified for Gothenburg Horse Show. 

There are still no start lists available, but according to Equisport.tv (free streaming) 5 year old will start at 19:10, followed by 6 year old at 20:20 and 7 year old at 21.35. 

List of the qualified horses:

Gode danske præstationer i CDI3 Grand Prix i Vestfold i dag

3 danske placeringer

Per Sandgaard og Charmeur vinder dagens klasse i Vestfold. Super skarp trav program med masser af power og udtryk. God passage, mens piaffen bliver med nogle spændinger og overgangen ind i den sidste piaffe bliver gennem skridt. Score 70,174%.

Karin Nissen og Eno indtager en flot 2. plads med en rigtig solid tur. Parret kommer flot fra start med god frie trav og gode traversader. Der er en smule modstand ind i den første passage men god regelmæssig piaffe med korrekt antal trin. Karin rider en smule hårdt ind i overgangen til piaffen men det ser ud til at passe fint til Eno (samme stil som hos spanske Beatrice Ferrer-Salat med Delgado). Den frie skridt mangler lidt mere afspændthed gennem kroppen. God 2. piaffe tur men mangler lidt mere flow ud. God overgang til galop, gode serier, bliver lidt spændt op mod dommerne i afslutningen af zig-zag galoppen. Mister en smule fremadsøgning i den 2. pirouette. Flot form hele vejen og god afslutning ad midten. 68.630%.

Placeret som nr. 4 er Carina Cassøe Krüth med May-Day Graftebjerg. Super flot indridningsparade, flot udtryk og balance i den frie trav, gode aktive traversader. God 1. piaffe / passage tur. Skridten bliver en smule spændt. Overgangen til passage ved M bliver lidt sen, god zig-zag galop, der indløber en lille fejl i midten af etterne. God balance i pirouetterne. God afslutning ad midten. 68,065%.

Sidst placeret som nr. 5 bliver Nikolai Kowalski med Gevelts Donna Tella. Indridningsparaden bliver åben. Den frie trav på diagonalen bliver lidt uens i rytmen bagi. God tilbagetrædning, generelt er passage og piaffe turene til for forsigtige. Skridten mangler lidt mere afspændthed i kroppen. Der er lidt uro/ubalance passagen inden anspringet til galop, flotte serier, gode pirouetter. 67,195%.

Lene Hoberg og Toftehøjs Malay slutter som nr. 9 med 63,804%. Ekvipagen kommer godt fra start, traversaderne mangler mere bæring og smidighed, super fri skridt bliver lidt spændt i den samlede skridt. Misforstår lidt hinanden i overgangen ved M op i passagen, lidt uro ud af den 2. piaffe tur. Der indløber fejl midt i etterne og begge pirouetterne mangler lidt mere bæring og kontrol. Den sidste piaffe mangler lidt mere energi, mens passage er med god kvalitet. 

Se resultatet af hele klassen her. 

Dorothee Schneider and Faustus also took the national GPS at Neumünster (video)

Entry list for CDI4 in Lier, Belgium

Link for the total lists of entries for Lier 28 February to 4 March.

Danish combinations:

CDI4

CDIU25

CDIYR

Watch the CDI-W Grand Prix freestyle with Daniel Bachmann Andersen and Blue Hors Zack from yesterday at Neumünster (VIDEO)

Click at the picture to start the video.

What happened today for Spanish Morgan Barbancon in the World Cup freestyle?

Brave Sir Donnerhall II and Morgan Barbancon Mestre finishing their World Cup freestyle today

Drama in the dressage arena

Spanish Morgan Barbancon Mestre and Sir Donnerhall II entered the arena as planned as start no 5 for today´s World Cup Grand Prix freestyle. 

Immediately after they started their test it looked like judge at E Dr. Plewa stopped the couple, and there was some confusion going on, as all the judges went down from their seats. There were no blood, no tongue and nothing to see. And after some kind of arguing the message to Morgan was to leave the arena. The audience at the spectator seats were as surprices as everybody else and were just applauding when a very excited Sir Donnerhall left again. Less than a minute later it looked like a new paper was handed to each judges table. 

The FEI press release says that the floorplan has been changed overnight, but the fact is that it was the wrong floorplan printed for the judges. 

And then Morgan and Sir Donnerhall II came back into the arena. Now Sir Donnerhall looked like he was in a kind of pricegiving mood, jumping around, but Morgan managed to calm him down and they did a very nice test with just some minor issues.

What a challange and hat off for Morgan being able to bring back the focus for both herself and Sir Donnerhall. 

Assume that this was not really the way of collecting important points for the World Cup final for the Spanish rider, and she will be back for the final leg at s´Hertogenbosch.